Academy Park High School

Academy Park High School
Address
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300 Calcon Hook Rd Sharon Hill , Pennsylvania 19079 United States
Information
School type	Public, Secondary
Established	Fall 1982
School district	Southeast Delco School District
Principal	Nathaniel Robinson
Staff	82.95 (FTE)[2]
Enrollment	1,275 (2017–18)[2]
• Other	Decreasing to 1230 in 2019[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.37[2]
Color(s)	Blue and Silver
Website	Academy Park High School

Academy Park High School is a four-year public high school in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. It is currently the only high school in the Southeast Delco School District.

Academy Park High School was formed in fall 1982; however, the current Academy Park building did not open until fall 1984. In the interim, the old Collingdale and Sharon Hill high schools were used as an east and west campus for the new school. The former Darby Township High School was converted into Ashland Middle School. Portions of the old Collingdale High School still stand, serving as the town’s borough hall and a municipal court, while the old Sharon Hill High School was demolished. Though the building is gone, the school’s former football field serves as home to the Academy Park Knights.

Academy Park’s first principal, Agnes M. Paterson, was an active supporter of the school’s activities and students. She died unexpectedly in spring 1987 after attending a performance of the school district’s annual spring musical. The school’s auditorium has been named in her honor.

Academic achievement[]

In 2009, the high school is in Corrective Action II 3rd Year due to chronically low academic achievement and a low graduation rate. In 2011, the school made Adequate Yearly progress, placing its status into "Making Progress", in its first year under Dr. Small. That achievement was not repeated after that year however and, as of 2014, the School Performance Profile score for Academy Park was 52.5, placing it in the 'Not Making Satisfactory Progress' designation.

Graduation rate[]

2009 – 78%, Males - 71%, Females - 85%^[3]
2008 – 81%
2007 – 81%^[4]

PSSA Results

11th Grade Reading[]

2009 – 35% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 65% of 11th graders on grade level.
2008 – 36%, State - 65%
2007 – 45%, State - 65%^[5]

11th Grade Math[]

2009 – 34% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 56% of 11th graders are on grade level.^[6]
2008 – 34%, State - 56%
2007 – 30%, State - 53%

11th Grade Science[]

2009 – 10% on grade level. State: 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.
2008 – 10% ^[7]

College remediation[]

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 47% of Academy Park High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.^[8]

References[]

External links[]

• Academy Park High School (from the Southeast Delco School District website)
• Cheney schedules debate practice (this article mentions Dick Cheney's visit to the school in 2000)

Coordinates: 39°54′28″N 75°16′05″W / 39.9077°N 75.2680°W / 39.9077; -75.2680